Molise is 1.17× the size of Tlaxcala
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Tlaxcala (state of Mexico) about 3,870 km² (1,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 3,870km²Tlaxcala
20 km
- Molise
- Tlaxcala
What fits
- Tlaxcala is 86% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 653 km² (252 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Tlaxcala.
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Tlaxcala about 0.13.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Tlaxcala has the larger population: 1.3 million against 304,000, 4.18× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 329 in Tlaxcala against 67 in Molise: Tlaxcala is 4.89× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Tlaxcala at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Molise as 1.86× the size of Tlaxcala instead of 1.17×.
- Together Molise and Tlaxcala cover 8,400 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 19% bigger).
- The gap between them, 653 km², is about the size of Micronesia (634 km²).
- At Tlaxcala's density, Molise would have 1.5 million people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Tlaxcala would have 260,000 (it has 1.3 million).
- Molise's centre is 22.3° of latitude, about 2,480 km, farther north than Tlaxcala's.
- Molise is the 19th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Tlaxcala is the 31st largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,480 km) north of Tlaxcala.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Tlaxcala about 3,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Tlaxcala would cover 8,400 km², 84% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.6 million people, 1.13× as many people as East Timor.
Side by side
| Molise | Tlaxcala | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 3,870 km²1,500 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 3,990 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 31st of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 28th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 67 per km² | 329 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 19°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,530 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 3,870 km² is 3.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Molise is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12